Education is the key
August 27, 2003
Dear Sir,
I have been following your coverage this week of 'Life in the Fast Lane', and must commend your reporters on their coverage, although many are still referring to crashes as 'accidents'. Although these ev...
Former Puisne Judge Vincent Meerabux, who retired at the end of last year, has died.
Mr. Justice Meerabux, 65, who spent 17 years in Bermuda's legal system, died on Friday at his family home in London. The cause of death has not been released.
Premie...
Insurance companies have offered to help organise a massive education campaign in an effort to clean up the death and destruction on Bermuda's roads.
Dr. Joseph Froncioni, chairman of the Road Safety Council, said he would have liked to launch a mult...
Bermuda is on top of the world when it comes to promoting junior squash, according to one of the sport's leading coaches.
Mike Way, who, among other things, is the coach of current world No. 4 Jonathan Power, has been on the Island with New Zealander...
Bermuda College president Michael Orenduff yesterday accused this newspaper of sinking to a "new low in journalism" with this week's story on a report on the College.
At a press conference yesterday Mr. Orenduff said that the report was a year old an...
STUDENTS at the island's two public senior schools will once again have the opportunity to have their application judged by an internationally-recognised body.
Preparatory work for the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) will be offered...
A Government-commissioned report on the Bermuda College contained inaccuracies and did a "grave disservice" to the College with its conclusion that black men were being marginalised, according to College spokesperson Evelyn James Barnett.
As reported...
BERMUDIAN college students received almost $2 million in government aid this week to help them continue their studies - and hopefully, return to Bermuda to work for government.
This week, the education ministry said this summer they had distributed m...
THE following is the text of a speech by Mid-Ocean News columnist Ira Philip about the history of the media in Bermuda, an address which he gave at a meeting of the Rotary Club this week.
IN a couple of months time (January of 2004 to be exact) Bermu...
THERE'S good reason for the warning "never say never" - just ask Clay Smith.
Like so many before him who have uttered adamant positions only to eat their words later, the talented batsman may have to make a meal of a statement he made in 1999.
Four y...
